Saying hello!

[Nathan]

Originally Posted by turnmedia What about the one that fell off

your talking about after the burnout? Thats how they end their shows, burn out untill tire blows up then drop the bike. The crowd loves it. Also, the radiator will normally start overflowing (bike overheating) and causing a nice smoke effect that the crowd loves.

[Andy Lockwood]

Well I guess that's me told. :lol:

Just goes to show how much knowledge I have of stunt shows. Still impressed though.

How much do these bikes cost? Dropping them must cost a bloody fortune in new bits all the time...

[Nathan]

they have "cages" on them. YOu can see them on the outside of the bodywork going around the motor. We've dropped these bikes 100's of times - mostly just easy drops - but sometimes also hard wrecks, and the cages can take the beating pretty good and cause minimal damage to the bike (besides cosemetic). There 8k - 10k USD, although we buy them for about 3-4k because they all have salvage titles and have been previoulsy wrecked.
heres a VERY old video that shows how much abuse the bikes take...
http://www.seventyfivesouth.com/videos/75s_trailer1.wmv